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October 20, 2008

Madison on Democracies



"...democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
--James Madison
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October 16, 2008

The budget should be balanced

Again, history should be studied for wisdom's sake.


The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest we become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.
-- Cicero , Rome 55 BC
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October 15, 2008

More from Jefferson

I am convinced that the only way we can fix this mess we are in is by studying history. The more I study our founders the more I get answers for all the issues that plague us today. There is truly nothing new under the sun. We need to study history for the wisdom that can be attained not just to fill our brains with facts.


When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another, and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated.
-- Jefferson
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